Cerebral aspergillosis in the critically ill: Two cases of successful medical treatment

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 738-742

  Ehrmann, Stephan ^a   Bastides, Frédéric ^a   Gissot, Valérie ^a   Mercier, Emmanuelle ^a   Magro, Pascal ^a   Bailly, Eric ^a   Legras, Annick ^a  

^a CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

Author keywords

Antifungal agents; Critical care; Neuroaspergillosis; Respiration, artificial; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISONE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HOME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MYCOSIS; PATIENT; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROASPERGILLOSIS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PYRIMIDINES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 18844363487     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-005-2605-5     Document Type: Article

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